Zak Burns

Zak Burns is an Associate at New Enterprise Associates (NEA) based in San Francisco, California. Since joining the prominent venture capital firm in 2022, he has focused on sourcing, conducting due diligence, and supporting early-stage investments across the enterprise software, artificial intelligence, and financial technology sectors. In his capacity as an early-stage investor, he evaluates emerging technology startups and directly contributed to the firm's participation in the late 2023 Series C funding round for the applied AI research company Runway. His daily work involves supporting a broader investment portfolio of high-growth enterprise and software-as-a-service companies, which includes notable industry entities such as Carta, Anduril, and Databricks. As an active participant in the startup community, Burns currently concentrates his professional efforts on identifying innovative software founders and analyzing complex enterprise technology trends within the broader venture capital ecosystem.